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Art
01:34
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Beach Lost
03:13
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If I can't comprehend myself then why should anybody else?
I ask the answering machine
And each time I call, you think there's something wrong
Because there's something wrong
I used to never forget when you said, "Eric, I'm right here."
And I used to never wake up at 6am but I'm right here
And right then, you belong to no one
Not me nor yourself
I see it in everyone I meet
I see what's been fractured inside me in everyone I meet
To see potential to be intangible to no one but me
But why is it that no matter how long I drive,
I end up at the same water and rocks near Bayside?
And tell me exactly what's keeping me from testing the terrain
And to ravage my body
Drown my lungs + car with
Clothes still on me
But there's a spot beneath the rocks
Where my eyes peek through to
watch the sun cut through my clouds like a pocket knife
Pastel sky, stretch yourself above for my whole life
I know the hardest part is opening up because I can't for anyone
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Bite hard onto what you know
Swim up for air
Mouth me slow
Body temperature rise
The black around your eyes matches
The black that covers mine
I want to sip from every part of you
I want to rinse my mouth with every part of you
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Parsons Reserve
02:13
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My room's a mess
It's been 2 years but I'll still never let you see it like this
Because there are clues seeped in pillowcases
And creases in each one that spell:
"I'm in no place to start getting this close to someone."
"Eric, take care of yourself for once.”
"It's no matter how human I am,
it doesn't mean i'll ever know what I want"
Mom never stops asking if I'm alright, if I'm still eating,
and if you'll ever stop by to see me again
Just to come show your teeth
And exchange commands beneath our breaths
And all I'll ever say is "When was the last time you kissed me like that?"
My room's a mess
One year's passed since you have, but I'll never let you see me like this
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Graduate
03:59
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I think it's safe to speak for both of us when I say,
Nothing is how it was then save for the pause in my breaths
And that won't ever get old; let's not ever get older
And I can tell
You can be in love with anyone but me
Don't choose me
We're wilting but we don't even notice it yet, and
This one fault has taken everything we've had
And I want it back
You'll never know what I think of you
You'll never know why I'm alone
Something's killing me and I want it dead
I want it dead + I want you back
Everything's dying & these are the best years of my life
Everything's dying
I won't see you again for three months
Water streams from your home & ravages everything but your name
And your name is crashing waves that
Etch me in
Erode your name in me
I swear to you:
We can do all of the things that we now used to
Next year's going to take some getting used to
So if there's something you think you should prove, speak up
Because I can't hear you
I can't help this
These are the best years of my life
You won't see me again for months
I can't hear you
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Delivery Time
03:39
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Let all the windows down; our heads and hands held out
And I don't know what makes those hands shake, but I know it's new
Because there's no warmth as anxious as what I feel from the sun + you
My favorite song is in California
It's what I'm anxious to spend seasons learning the words to:
Written in letters that remind me there's no such thing as wasted youth
Windows down; our heads and hands held out
And I don't know what makes those hands shake, but I know it's new
Because there's no warmth as anxious as what I feel from the sun + you
Breathe deep down
The air is thin now
Show me that I should trust you
Because it’s all I want
Show me there's no such thing as wasted youth
Your skin is smooth and showcases the season
I want to tear you at its stitches
Trace the lines of the measure in your letter and
Scratch them into my back
Say they're constellations that joins us two
Want every time my back meets my bed to remind me of fucking you
I can’t take what makes those hands shake
Tongue inside my cheek
Let all the windows down
Thumb on your throat right now
Your neck + my teeth
Slow down
There's no telling who's most anxious right now
Breathe deep down
The air is thin now
Show me that I should trust you
It's all I want
Show me there's no such thing as wasted youth
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Bedspread
03:31
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Seeing your smile feels like moments preceding a car crash
The same sharp rush that comes with you on top of me
as I speak to your cheek,
"You're bad for me and I think you know that"
Every so often I'm eaten alive by bed bugs
Spread thin at night / turn me on like a flashlight
Pale and drawn like your blinds at 9pm
Hint to dismiss a night of lost time
I have these dreams where I die instantly in a car crash
The jaws of life are your teeth reflecting off street signs
Don't leave until I breathe slow
But you won't know when I don't
Your teeth are street lights in straight lines
Shadow me wherever I drive / compensate for daylight
I knew I’d start to starve for sore lips
I just didn't think it would feel like this
What's it like to know you're missed?
I feel like a psychopath whenever I think of dying
I want to love something I won't have to need
But I just can't kill what's wrong with me
I'm just so tired of being lonely
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7. |
Lowe's Shortcut
05:08
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The inordinate time we spend thinking is
Lost time spent running through grass and
Pouring the sky into our mouths
Measuring time left with the fuel tank
Because I don't want to go home
But you're anxious to go back home
And your home is waiting patiently for you
But the meaning is ambiguous
In shock & in under 2 weeks,
You'll be sent + I'll be sent to bed
And in my head, send me to where I can
Share with you all of those interesting things you've said
Tell me again
Before you leave to fly, you're not leaving anything behind
And I'm not making mistakes tonight
Before you leave to fly
This all had yet to grow, so let’s keep it up
Let’s keep it up
The inordinate time we've spent planning is
The lost time we've spent playing it safely
And driving up 146 on a Friday night is scary
But I’m getting better at driving safely
And I'm always driving for you to see me
I'll drive any length for you to see me
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Tongue Strength
04:23
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"Stop, stop. Let me breathe. Let me breathe."
My tongue in your cheek
Past where our lips get sore, and mine torn
But not tired
And front teeth scrapes the surface
Of the tiny bumps on warm skin
Languages in fingertips
The things you think of when you're alone & cold in bed
There's barely silence amid our breaths
And in between are words we can't understand
"Whatever happens between both our bodies will haunt mine
but I am willing."
I am starving + I am selfish
With a wet mouth and tongue
But you still beg for steady hands
Wherever I say; between, behind, below
Rightfully so, everything below.
Confess that day, then every day
Say say "There’s something tasteful & addictive about your mouth."
Your mouth, your mouth, release tension now
Submissive & sunken in sheets or car seats
But I envision myself to you
And I am slipping cloth down your skin
My desire and my intentions are steady hands now
Yet to meet your thighs, my fingers tremble somehow
- -
Please; I don't care when we meet
But lately it's all been in my sleep
Just come back to Bristol County
So please
Can I see you? Because I need to
I need to
I need to start seeing anyone else but you
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Melatonin
03:06
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It's depressing
Guilt is a watercolor; the same shade as my face
It bleeds through me without even trying
And without even trying it stays staining me
Presses against my face and brushes us in blush red
Tugs on both our belt loops + flushes my cheeks
I love you
Tell him that you know what you want & what you want isn't me
Tell him we aren't the kids we were in your car
Tell him I'm suffering
I'm sorry & I hate myself
I'll talk to you when you're not so uncomfortable
I guess right now I really don't have much left anyway
But I hope I don't lose you for good this way
I won't ever feel good again for goodness sake
I hope I don't lose you for good this way
I won't ever see you again for goodness sake
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10. |
Poom
04:02
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I can't look at you
It's not the fault in my sight
It's not the clouds in my eyes
I just can't bring myself to
Because you don't know why everyone is crying now
And you'll never find out
At least you're still home
And at least I know that for all your life,
You've never felt how I do right now
Your eyes are shut tight + mine are filled up
While I will dream every night that in four months they'll open
But that's not what they told us
But who's going to wait up with mom when I'm out late?
Who's going to listen to me sing?
Who's going to stay up with mom when I'm out til 3am?
Who's going to listen to me sing?
Why is God taking you from me?
Tomorrow, I will cry in the same spot you've always slept in
And 55 years from it, you will still be my best friend
You don't know why everyone's cried
And you'll never know how four years will be torn from you
Just moments from now
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11. |
Look at the Moon
04:32
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You remind me often and tell me,
"You always used to say that you didn't need anything"
But when I sleep, I dream about you living down the street and
conducting electricity over sheets
You are nightmares of next year
You are patience + anxiousness for what brings me closer to the airport
Some things will stay for my entire life
Until I die, I'll feel them dissolving me
And day or night, they appear whenever I close eyes
Every specific wrinkle in the pacific are reflections of blankets in your eyelids
Every night with signs in my car and time to kill
Every reason I can't sit that still is how I'm living out the reasons for it still
I've been thinking about what you're deserving of / if you've ever felt it
Tell me what's happened
Tell me how it could have been worse
I swear to make things fine, but is it there when you close your eyes?
Calm and tangle in my nerves too because I want you
I want to tell you I don't need a thing
I want to tell you I don't want to go to sleep
You remind me of why I love myself
And I am a nervous wreck
Sleep outside - we see it when we close our eyes,
How we’ll be careful for all our lives + sleep outside
You are the freezing concrete that's reminding of why I love me
And I love you
My best friends - I swear I’ll see you
You are the freezing concrete that’s reminding that I love me
And I love you
Some things will stay for my entire life + until I die
But until I finally close my eyes, I promise not to waste precious life
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Eric Canto Westport, Massachusetts
Alternative Pop / R&B from MA.
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